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  1. API reference
  2. Welcome
    1. Introduction
    2. Get Flexmonster
    3. Quick start
    4. System requirements
    5. Troubleshooting
    6. Managing license keys
    7. Migrating from WebDataRocks to Flexmonster
  3. Integration with frameworks
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Angular
      1. Integration with Angular
      2. Flexmonster usage in Angular
    3. React
      1. Integration with React
      2. Flexmonster usage in React
    4. Vue
      1. Integration with Vue 2
      2. Flexmonster usage in Vue 2
      3. Integration with Vue 3
      4. Flexmonster usage in Vue 3
    5. Other integrations
      1. Integration with Python
        1. Integration with Django
        2. Integration with Jupyter Notebook
      2. Integration with React Native
      3. Integration with Blazor
      4. Integration with AngularJS (v1.x)
      5. Integration with TypeScript
      6. Integration with R Shiny
      7. Integration with jQuery
      8. Integration with Ionic
      9. Integration with Electron.js
      10. Integration with Webpack
      11. Integration with RequireJS
  4. Connecting to Data Source
    1. Supported data sources
    2. JSON
      1. Connecting to JSON
      2. Connecting to JSON using Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Managing data presentation in JSON
    3. CSV
      1. Connecting to CSV
      2. Connecting to CSV using Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Managing data presentation in CSV
    4. Database
      1. Connecting to SQL databases
      2. Connecting to a MySQL database
      3. Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database
      4. Connecting to a PostgreSQL database
      5. Connecting to an Oracle database
    5. Flexmonster Data Server
      1. Introduction to Flexmonster Data Server
      2. Getting started with Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Flexmonster Admin Panel Guide
      4. Data sources guide
      5. Security and authorization guide
      6. The Data Server as a DLL
        1. Getting started with the Data Server as a DLL
        2. Referencing the Data Server as a DLL
        3. Implementing the API controller
        4. Implementing the server filter
        5. Implementing the custom parser
        6. DLL configurations reference
        7. The controller's methods for request handling
      7. The Data Server as a console application
        1. Installing the Data Server as a console application
        2. Configurations reference
        3. Data sources guide
        4. Security and authorization guide
      8. Troubleshooting the Data Server
    6. MongoDB
      1. Introduction to Flexmonster MongoDB Connector
      2. Getting started with the MongoDB Connector
      3. Embedding the MongoDB Connector into the server
      4. Configuring the MongoDB Connector
    7. Microsoft Analysis Services
      1. Connecting to Microsoft Analysis Services
      2. Getting started with Flexmonster Accelerator
      3. Referencing the Accelerator as a DLL
      4. Configuring the authentication process
      5. Configuring a secure HTTPS connection
      6. Troubleshooting
    8. Custom data source API
      1. Introduction to the custom data source API
      2. A quick overview of a sample Node.js server
      3. A quick overview of a sample .NET Core server
      4. Implement your own server
        1. Implementing the custom data source API server
        2. Implementing filters
        3. Supporting more aggregation functions
        4. Supporting multilevel hierarchies
        5. Returning data for the drill-through view
        6. Testing your custom data source API server
    9. Elasticsearch
      1. Connecting to Elasticsearch
      2. Configuring the mapping
    10. Connecting to other data sources
  5. Accessibility
    1. Accessibility overview
    2. Keyboard navigation
  6. Configuring the component
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Getting started with the report
    3. Configure the data source
      1. Data source
      2. Mapping
    4. Define which data to show
      1. Slice
      2. Custom sorting
      3. Calculated values
    5. Manage Flexmonster’s functionality
      1. Options
      2. Configuring global options
    6. Format fields
      1. Number formatting
      2. Date and time formatting
      3. Conditional formatting
  7. Saving component configs
    1. Save and restore the report
    2. Share the report
    3. Export and print
  8. Charts
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Flexmonster Pivot Charts
    3. Integration with Highcharts
    4. Integration with amCharts
    5. Integration with Google Charts
    6. Integration with FusionCharts
    7. Integration with any charting library
  9. Customizing
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Customizing the Toolbar
    3. Customizing appearance
    4. Customizing the context menu
    5. Customizing the grid
    6. Customizing the pivot charts
    7. Localizing the component
  10. Security
    1. Security in Flexmonster
    2. Security aspects of connecting to an OLAP cube
      1. Ways of connecting to an OLAP cube
      2. The data transfer process
      3. Data security
      4. Data access management
  11. Updating to the latest version
    1. Updating to the latest version
    2. Release notes
    3. Migration guide from 2.8 to 2.9
    4. Migration guide from 2.7 to 2.8
    5. Migration guide from 2.6 to 2.7
    6. Migration guide from 2.5 to 2.6
    7. Migration guide from 2.4 to 2.5
    8. Migration guide from 2.3 to 2.4
    9. Migration guide from 2.2 to 2.3
  12. Flexmonster CLI Reference
    1. Overview
    2. Troubleshooting the CLI
    3. flexmonster create
    4. flexmonster add
    5. flexmonster update
    6. flexmonster version
    7. flexmonster help
  13. Documentation for older versions
Table of contents

Flexmonster usage in React

To show the most popular cases of using Flexmonster, our team prepared a sample React project on GitHub.

To download and run this project, see our guide: Run a sample React project from GitHub. Then choose one of the following examples:

Creating the pivot table

The first example demonstrates the basic usage of Flexmonster. Notice how the toolbar, report, and licenseKey initialization parameters are specified:

Flexmonster has more initialization parameters. Have a look at all of them.

Handling events

This usage example focuses on Flexmonster events. It provides a toggle button for subscribing to all the events and unsubscribing from them. Here is the source code:

When Flexmonster is subscribed to the events, the log output displays:

  • Which event was triggered.
  • When the event was triggered.
  • Details about that event.

See the full list of Flexmonster events in our documentation.

Using API calls

The Using API calls section is about customizing the component with API calls. Switch the toggle buttons to:

  • Show the column chart.
  • Show the grid.
  • Make the component read-only.
  • Make the component interactive.

Here is how the functionality is implemented:

See the full list of Flexmonster API calls here.

Updating data

The Updating data section contains an example of updating data at runtime. The example uses the updateData() API call in the function to update the data.

See the source code:

Customizing the Toolbar

The Customizing the Toolbar section provides an example of Toolbar customization.

We use the beforetoolbarcreated event to invoke the customizeToolbar() function. As a result, a custom tab with custom functionality is added. See how it is implemented:

Learn more about customizing the Toolbar.

Customizing the grid

This example demonstrates how the component can be customized.

Switch the toggle buttons to apply or remove customization. Custom grid styles are defined in the customizeCellFunction(). Have a look at the source code:

See our documentation to learn more about cell customization.

Integrating with Highcharts

Here is how the integration with Highcharts is implemented:

The main elements of this integration are:

  1. The Highcharts module and Flexmonster Connector for Highcharts.
  2. A container for Highcharts.
  3. The reportcomplete event; when it is triggered, the function to draw the chart is invoked.
  4. The drawChart() function.

Integration with other charting libraries can be done in a similar way. Check out the integrations we provide.

Integrating with amCharts

In the With amCharts section, you can see a dashboard with Flexmonster and amCharts. Here is how the integration is implemented:

The key elements of this integration are:

  1. The amCharts module and Flexmonster Connector for amCharts.
  2. A container for amCharts.
  3. The reportcomplete event; when it is triggered, the function to draw the chart is invoked.
  4. The drawChart() function.

Integration with other charting libraries can be done in a similar way. Check out the integrations we provide.

A React/JSX application with Flexmonster

On our GitHub, we also have examples of React/JSX application with Flexmonster Pivot:

To run these applications, just launch the needed HTML page from a browser.

What’s next?

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